Healthy People, Healthy Planet Speaker Series: Changing the Paradigm

What if it came in a pill? Physical activity as a chronic disease ‘cure’ for the 21st century

Speaker: Dr. Stuart Phillips is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and a member of the School of Medicine at McMaster University. He is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health. 

 Learning objectives:

1. Appreciate the health benefits of exercise
2. Gain insight into why aerobic exercise and resistance training (weightlifting) are equally important for health
3. Understand the difference between physical activity and exercise
4. Learn why exercise is the premier means of maintaining health as we age

The Healthy People, Healthy Planet Speaker Series has been certified for up to 6 CFPC Group Learning credits and 6 Royal College Section 1 - Group Learning hours. It provides a Queen’s University certificate of completion for up to 6 hours of professional learning for health professionals.